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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairs Designate of the Road Safety Authority and Dublin Port: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairs Designate of the Road Safety Authority and Dublin Port: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have no doubt we will also invite Mr. Grant before the committee at some stage as well. I thank the witnesses for attending today and engaging with the committee. We wish them well in their new and continuing roles.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: On behalf of the committee, I would like to welcome Mr. Eamonn O'Reilly, chief executive of the Dublin Port Company and Mr. Michael Sheary, company secretary and chief financial officer of the Dublin Port Company. I also welcome Mr. Glenn Carr, general manager of Rosslare Europort, Mr. Barry Kenny, corporate communications manager of Iarnród Éireann and Mr. Pat Keating, chief...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. O'Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Keating and all the witnesses for being concise. We will have plenty of questions to get through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will wholeheartedly endorse that as a committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will be doing some work around that as well. I take the Deputy's point on board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Some 84% of Ireland's container and trailer traffic goes through Dublin Port. Dublin Airport has a similar pre-eminence. We need to get more traffic to the regions through Shannon Foynes Port, the Port of Cork and Rosslare Europort. My first question is for Mr. Keating. How would building a rail link and a road from Limerick to Foynes affect the Shannon Foynes Port Company's container...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: What would be carried on the rail link?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: By how much would the capacity of the Shannon Port of Foynes Company increase if the road link was established?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the current figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Capacity would be doubled. How many years would that take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: The committee will have to work on that. I have some questions for Mr. O'Reilly. Hauliers have been in contact with me and many other members. They frequently raise one issue. There are three competing terminals in Dublin Port. There is no vehicle booking system. The Port of Cork has one. It appears to be a huge source of frustration for the hauliers. They say that having such a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: I assume these companies operate under licences issued by the Dublin Port Company. Surely the company can make it a condition of the licences that the terminal companies implement consistent and compatible booking systems. The hauliers say that at the moment it is like a zoo when the ferries arrive at 5 a.m. The hauliers come in at different times. They say that a booking system would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. O'Reilly commit to discussing this with the terminal owners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would suggest that the challenge of Brexit is so big that a way around will have to be found. It is not possible to descend suddenly into chaos on 1 January. Another issue is ferries trailing one another from Holyhead. These are run by Stena, Irish Ferries and others. What is Dublin Port doing about getting direct access to Europe and what is it doing with regard to the containers, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is Dublin Port doing to promote container traffic as opposed to lorry traffic on the sea?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Finally, I will ask Mr. O'Reilly about his discussions with the ferry companies with regard to staggering their arrival times. It appears, at this stage, that it is like the old bumper cars. They all come in at once and there is chaos.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there a need for some form of public service obligation, PSO, levy to ensure that ferry times are staggered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: I suggest Dublin Port engage more with the hauliers. I will move on to my final question. What is the port company doing to ensure sufficient storage areas for containers?